Newspaper.



Pate'nted Oct. I5, l90l.

W. E. PATTISON.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFIC.

WILLIS E. PATTISON, OF SHARON, MASSAOHUSETTS.

NEWSPAPER.

S-ECIFICATON formng part OfLettet's Patent NO. 684,454, Clated October15, 1901. Application filed January 23, 1901. Serial No. 44,431. (Nospecimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIs E. PAT'rIsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Sharon, in the county of Norfolk, State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Newspapers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a form of newspaper which is neater inappearance, less awkward to handle by the reader, and enables him morereadily and easily to find the contents than those heretofore in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of mynewspaper partially opened, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same whenclosed.

A is a continuous Sheet or strip constituting the entire newspaper,which is folded in one direction at o, and in a reverse directlon at Z),and so on alternately back and forth until the final fold o is reached,which is made in the same direction as the last preceding one, and thefinal leaf iscarried around to the opposite side of the folds to form acover for the entire newspaper. It is obvious that the paper could befed from a roll into a cylinder-press and would be folded in the mannerdescribed by suitable mechanism after the printing of both sides Wascompleted. I prefer to have the title and contents of the paper printedon the outside of the last leaf, although this is not essential to myinvention.

My invention accomplishes the production of'a large newspaper in asingle sheet instead of many detached sheets, which obviates theinconvenience and annoyance resulting from the accidental separation andfallin g apart of the several sheets.

The folding of my sheet may be made so as to present smaller pages thanare commonly employed in a newspaper, thereby avoiding the awkwardposition which the reader is often forced to take in holding the same.Any portion of the paper may be referred to by merely opening it betweenthe folds like the pages of a book.

The essential feature of the invention consists in a long sheet ofmaterial having surfaces suitable for printing and folded transverselyof its length in a zigzag manner and having a plurality of folds in thesame direction to form a cover for the zigzag folds. I have shown anddescribed the folds forming the cover as located at the end of thesheet, and this arrangement I prefer and recommend; but theconsecutivefolds can of course be made at other points in the length ofthe sheet and used for the same purpose without departing from myinvention.

The object of my invention would be measurably accomplished if the lastleaf of paper were less than the full size of the others and formedsimply a fiap, as indicated by the dotted lines X X in Fig. 1. Thiswould bind the other folds together and present a single edge to servein count'ing and separating the papers.

`/Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A newspaper consisting of a single sheet of material suitabletherefor, having smooth surfaces on both sides adapted to receiveprinted matter .thereon, said sheet being folded alternately in oppositedirections to form zigzag folds and further folded consecutively in thesame direction to form a cover for the zigzag folds, both ends of thesheet being free, so that all surfaces are readily accessible forinspection, substantially as described.

2. Anewspaper, consisting of a single sheet of material having smoothfaces and folded upon itself in alternately opposite directions, andfurther folded at one end twice in the same direction to form a pair ofleaves which WILLIS E. PATTISON.

Witnesses:

A. G. SULLIvAN, CHAs. F. PERKINs.

